Emma De Vigne (30 January 1850 - 3 June 1898) was a

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and

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, who came from a family of artists from

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. Her paintings were exhibited in Europe, as well as in South America.

Biography

De Vigne was born on 30 January 1850 in Ghent. The family were all artists: her father, Pieter, and uncle, Felix, were sculptors, and she and her sisters, Louise and Malvina, were painters. It was her uncle, Félix De Vigne, taught her to paint; she later married his son, her cousin Jules De Vigne, who was a lawyer and a writer. During her lifetime De Vigne was known as a flower, and later portrait painter, who specialised in still life. Her works often sold for over 1000 Belgian Francs, which was notable for a female painter at the time,Laoureux, Denis. "Le Cercle des femmes peintres de Bruxelles : un collectif, quatre expositions (1888-1893)." ''Artl@s Bulletin'' 8, no. 1 (2019): Article 4. and were often exhibited alongside other female painters. These women formed a new generation of Flemish artists. In 1887 her work was displayed in

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in an exhibition of Belgian art, which opened there on 5 October.DHAENENS, LAURENS. "peculiar relationships on display." ''The Exhibition: Histories, Practices, Policies'' (2019): 159. Her painting ''"Fleur de thé"'' was sold to banker Lisandro Bellinghurst. De Vigne exhibited her work in the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. De Vigne died on 3 June 1898 in Ghent. She is buried in Ghent Westerbegraafplaats. After her death, her husband published a selection of his writings, which were dedicated to her memory.

Legacy

De Vigne's paintings are held in the collections of the

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and the Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique.Musées royaux des beaux-arts de, B. (1994). Le musée caché: à la découverte des réserves: Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

References

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